Cat Sitting Jobs in Lausanne

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CHF 22 to CHF 40 per 20 to 30 minute visit for drop-in cat visits in Lausanne. Feed, play, scoop, and send photo updates on your own schedule, and keep up to 90% of every booking.

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CHF 22 to CHF 40
per 20 to 30 minute visit in Lausanne
Up to 90%
of every booking kept by the sitter
CHF 20,000
Protection Plan on every booking
4.9 / 5
average sitter rating on Petme
A local edge

Local know-how pays off in Lausanne

Cat owners in Lausanne book most heavily around school holidays and travel periods, when a daily drop-in keeps a cat fed and settled at home. Apartment-dense neighborhoods drive steady year-round demand.

When demand peaks

Cat-visit requests spike during summer holidays, Christmas, and ski-week breaks, when owners travel and need a daily check-in. Long weekends add shorter one or two-day bookings.

Know your Lausanne areas

Say which level of the city you work, not just the city name. A sitter who lists Ouchy, Sous-Gare and Montchoisi is describing a walkable band; one who adds Epalinges and Lutry is describing a car.

Cat homes in Lausanne

Lausanne cat homes are mostly flats, and the smaller ones cluster in Sous-Gare, Ouchy and around Le Flon where a cat never goes outside. Student housing in Renens and Prilly often holds one cat shared between flatmates, with simple feeding and a tray. Higher up in Chailly, Epalinges and Pully there are gardens and cats that come and go, so the owner mainly wants proof the animal turned up.

Bilingual owners book faster

Lausanne mixes francophone locals with EPFL and IOC international staff. Sitters comfortable in both French and English fill their schedules faster.

Cat care in Lausanne

The gradient decides your Lausanne round

Lausanne climbs. From Ouchy at the water to Chailly and Epalinges at the top there are a few hundred metres of height, and that single fact shapes a visiting schedule here more than distance does. Sitters work a band rather than a circle: Sous-Gare and Montchoisi together, or Chailly and Le Flon, using the metro to move up and down instead of walking it. The student flats in Renens and Prilly near the campuses produce short bookings around exam periods and the summer emptying, while households in Pully and Lutry travel longer and plan further ahead. Ouchy has a lot of small flats with indoor cats and no garden at all, and those are the addresses that need two visits rather than one.

Rates in Lausanne

Choose your services, set your own rates

Typical Petme rates in Lausanne. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.

Drop-in cat visits

CHF 22 to CHF 40 per 20 to 30 minute visit

Overnight boarding

CHF 45 to CHF 85 per night

Where demand is strongest

Lausanne areas that book the most

Petme cat bookings in Lausanne come from neighborhoods like Ouchy, Chailly, Pully, with drop-in visits and overnight cat boarding the most requested.

Lausanne sits in Canton Vaud. Canton Vaud requires dog owners to complete a training course for certain breeds. No specific sitter license for occasional care. For small and medium dogs, no sitter permit is generally required.

OuchyChaillyPullyPrillyRenensEpalingesLutryMorgesMontchoisiSous-GareMalleyFlon
Why Petme

Built for sitters in Lausanne

Keep up to 90%

You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.

Full schedule control

No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.

Protected on every booking

CHF 20,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.

Common questions

Cat Sitting Jobs in Lausanne

What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Lausanne.

How much do cat sitters earn per visit in Lausanne?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Lausanne run CHF 22 to CHF 40 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
What protection do I get on cat sitting bookings?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including drop-in visits, includes CHF 20,000 in Protection Plan for the cat in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you sit in Ouchy or Chailly.
Where is cat sitting demand strongest in Lausanne?
Petme cat bookings in Lausanne come from neighborhoods like Ouchy, Chailly, Pully, with drop-in visits and overnight cat boarding the most requested. Most cat owners book a sitter within their own neighborhood, so listing the areas you cover sharpens your visibility.
What does a typical cat sitting visit involve?
A standard drop-in runs 20 to 30 minutes: feeding, fresh water, litter scooping, playtime, and a photo update to the owner in chat. Many Lausanne owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I set my own visit schedule in Lausanne?
Yes. You set your available hours and accept or decline each request. Morning and evening visit slots fill first, and you can stack several nearby visits around Ouchy and Chailly into one efficient round.
When is cat sitting demand highest in Lausanne?
When owners travel: the summer holidays, Christmas and New Year, and the ski and February sports weeks. On a Lausanne winter visit that means checking the heating is still on, keeping the feeding and litter routine exactly as the owner left it, and flagging anything unusual the same day. Swiss school holidays are set canton by canton, so the busy weeks shift with where you work.
Which languages do Lausanne cat owners write in?
French is the working language of the city, and English turns up wherever the EPFL, UNIL and Olympic-movement households are, which covers much of Renens, Prilly and the lakeside flats. Put both on your profile if you work in both. Owners tend to write first to whoever can answer in their own language.
Can I fit cat sitting around university in Lausanne?
A visit takes about half an hour and can sit before a lecture or after one, which is why many sitters here are students. You choose your availability, the areas you cover and the rate for each service, and you accept only the requests that fit. The longest bookings land over the summer and the semester breaks.
Am I an employee if I cat sit in Lausanne?
No. The booking is an agreement between you and the owner, and you work for yourself in it, which is why you set the rate and the hours. If you live in Vaud as a foreign resident or an international student, ask the cantonal authority what independent side income your situation allows before you take work.
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